A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump's administration withhold payment to foreign aid organizations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world.

During his congressional address Trump thanked a judge and said he wouldn’t “forget,” sparking speculation about the court rulings he might have been referring to.

The U.S. paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine in its war against Russia. Elon Musk is meeting with Republican lawmakers as DOGE concerns rise. Trump struck a defiant tone — and stretched the truth — in his speech Tuesday night.